Declining COVID-19 indicators are welcome news, health minister says
Health Minister Jason Copping says that after a difficult fifth wave of COVID-19 through the winter almost all COVID-19 indicators are trending downward.
Today’s positivity rate is about 27 per cent, down close to 14 percentage points from last week and there are about 68 per cent fewer active cases today compared to the beginning of February, Copping said.
“This is very welcome news,” he said during today’s mid-week update.
The number of Albertans in hospital with or due to COVID-19 was 1,500, of which 121 were in ICU. Those numbers are down to 1,373 and 90, respectively.